Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 16 | |
| 1940 | 12 | |
| 1941 | 9 | |
| 1942 | 7 | |
| 1943 | 5 | |
| 1944 | 3 | |
| 1945 | 1 | |
| 1946 | 4 | |
| 1947 | 6 | |
| 1948 | 9 | |
| 1949 | 12 | |
| 1950 | 16 |
Data sources
- ATP Tour
- WTA Tour
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dinny Pails ranks #100 in Tennis
Dinny Pails ranks 100th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1401st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 74, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 251 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1938–1957 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1939, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 1, grand slam finals 2, davis cup ties played 6, professional tour years 8.
Immediately ahead sits Vivian McGrath on 80.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is John Hawkes on 80.1. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Dinny Pails GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pails stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1939. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Dinny Pails — frequently asked
- Is Dinny Pails the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dinny Pails ranks 100th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.2, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Dinny Pails's GOAT Score?
- 80.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dinny Pails rank all time?
- 1401st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 100th within Tennis.
- Dinny Pails vs Vivian McGrath: who ranks higher?
- Dinny Pails, on 80.2 against Vivian McGrath's 80.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.